Help with CPU/Motherboard selection.

rockhead21784 · 06-27-2008, 06:23 AM

I had done months of research and was starting to slowly buy parts, to help wiht the budget. I have bought some parts from Newegg over the past couple of months. I was waiting on the motherboard to lower in price (GIG GA-MA69GM-S2H) (AMD AM2 board) and they deactivated it. Guess you can't wait in this business, things become old fast.

NO GAMING. I might decide to do some video transfering(editing) from my camcorder to my DVD's. Other than that just normal home use.

Anyway what I have so far is:
1. A nice big case for standard ATX or smaller
2. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
3. SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD Burner
4. Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
5. Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply 100

Very small budget. My original plan was $200.00 or less for both board and processor combined.

Should I stick with AMD or go with the Intel chips? Its been about 5 months since I have roamed the forums and prices probably have dropped. Anyway thanks for your help.

patriothntr · 06-28-2008, 08:50 AM

Sounds like you should be watching a deal forum, and pounce on a mobo/cpu combo deal. If you have a Frys or Microcenter around you, you can find combos that pretty much give you the board for free...not nice boards, usually ECS or something, which should work fine for your needs.

If you want to spend a lil more, get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130126
with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116052

You can also check the combo deals with that chip (hit the view all button and look at the mobo combos)

hope that helps...

06-27-2008, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
rockhead21784 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8 OS: XP	Help with CPU/Motherboard selection. I had done months of research and was starting to slowly buy parts, to help wiht the budget. I have bought some parts from Newegg over the past couple of months. I was waiting on the motherboard to lower in price (GIG GA-MA69GM-S2H) (AMD AM2 board) and they deactivated it. Guess you can't wait in this business, things become old fast. NO GAMING. I might decide to do some video transfering(editing) from my camcorder to my DVD's. Other than that just normal home use. Anyway what I have so far is: 1. A nice big case for standard ATX or smaller 2. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 3. SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD Burner 4. Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 5. Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply 100 Very small budget. My original plan was $200.00 or less for both board and processor combined. Should I stick with AMD or go with the Intel chips? Its been about 5 months since I have roamed the forums and prices probably have dropped. Anyway thanks for your help.

06-28-2008, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
patriothntr Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 321 OS: XPsp3, PCLOS, other	Re: Help with CPU/Motherboard selection. Sounds like you should be watching a deal forum, and pounce on a mobo/cpu combo deal. If you have a Frys or Microcenter around you, you can find combos that pretty much give you the board for free...not nice boards, usually ECS or something, which should work fine for your needs. If you want to spend a lil more, get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130126 with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116052 You can also check the combo deals with that chip (hit the view all button and look at the mobo combos) hope that helps...